Just a couple of weeks since CargoForwarder Global reported on the Open Logistics Foundation (see: https://cargoforwarder.eu/2025/06/15/olf-a-fair-approach-to-logistics-digitalization/ ), it announces the launch of another new project – this time on collaboration with Transporeon and focused on Time Slot Management. The project group, which Transporeon will lead, includes representatives from Blue Yonder, Business Code, Cargoledger, CargoSign, Collect + Go, Contargo, DB Schenker, dbh Logistics, DSLV, Gebrüder Weiss, GS1, Interface21, iteratec, LKW Walter, Logistics Cloud, Markant, Maven, Rhenus, Sitra, Tradelink, Trans.eu, Translogica, Transporeon, Zekju, and will result in an open-source approach for dynamic time slots. It is part of the existing Track &Trace Working Group and aims to develop a standardized Time Slot Data Model that can be used along the entire supply chain. As with existing OLF projects, it will endeavor to define interoperable communication protocols and devise intelligent negotiation logic that will allow for automation and fair allocation should time deviations occur, for example.
“In practice, there is currently a lack of end-to-end, vendor-independent standards for managing time slots. Many companies, both suppliers and recipients, work with proprietary isolated solutions that can neither flexibly react nor communicate with one another. This is precisely where the new project of the Open Logistics Foundation comes in: It aims to create an open, interoperable framework that digitalizes, simplifies, and synchronizes processes at transshipment points,” the press release explains. Once complete, the open-source solution will be available on the Foundation’s online Repository.
Gerry Daalhuisen, Senior Director Dock & Yard/Fleet Products at Transporeon and Co-Lead of the Time Slot Management project, stated: “The demand for open standards is huge. At present, logistics service providers often have to work with several different time slot systems in parallel. With this project, we want to resolve this fragmentation and create a system that functions flexibly and interoperably.” Nathalie Böhning, Project Manager at the Open Logistics Foundation and Co-Lead of the project, commented: “The introduction of an open standard for time slot management is an important step towards improving collaboration in logistics and enabling a shared, free solution for all market participants. We are thus creating a logical extension of our Track & Trace model, since time slot management is an essential component of transparent supply chains. Everyone is welcome to join the Open Logistics Foundation and actively contribute to the solution.”
